Medic Archive
Thread: Why am I not earning any Medic XP?
Clueless n00b here, so go easy on me please 
. My character started as a novice scout, and I now have Hunting 1, Survival 1, Trapping 1, and Exploration 1. I also have Intermediate Pistol and Rifle trained in Marksman.
I went and trained novice medic last night. First time I healed someone I gained 22 points of experience in 3 of the 4 medic disciplines. After that nada. I can't remember exactly what I did to gain those 22 points. I've tried healing in camps, in medical centres and in cities but no xp.
Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong here?
Thanks in advance.
I have healed other people, but always outside of a camp/city/medical centre. Which locations do I get xp from healing other people?
Sounds like you are using /tenddamage instead of /healdamage.
The first is meant for emergency situations where you have run out of stimpacks and heals a low amount for zero XP. The second uses a stimpack chargeand gainsyou some XP.
MorvenDee wrote:
Sounds like you are using /tenddamage instead of /healdamage.
The first is meant for emergency situations where you have run out of stimpacks and heals a low amount for zero XP. The second uses a stimpack chargeand gainsyou some XP.
MorvenDee, while you are right about the /tends being for emergencies, I have gotten medic exp using them. Most notably using tenddamage on dancers in cantinas, and /tendwound in medical centers. That's how I got first aid infact. Now that I can afford to make my own stimpacks and medpacks I don't use them much, so if that changed recently I probably wouldn't have noticed.
[quote]This might be a dumb answer, but are u using stimpacks?[/quote]
Not a dumb answer, as I'm by my own admission, a clueless n00b . As it happens I wasn't using Stimpacks 
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Ok, I managed to get some more XP by healing a group member in my camp. So lemme see if I've got this straight:
/tendDamage -No XP and doesn't use a stimpack.
/tendWound- No XP and doesn't use a stimpack
/healDamage - Gives XP in Camps/Medical Centres and uses a stimpack
/healWound - Gives XP in Camps/Medical Centres only - uses Stimpack???
Pumble wrote:
/tendDamage -No XP and doesn't use a stimpack.
/tendWound- No XP and doesn't use a stimpack
/healDamage - Gives XP in Camps/Medical Centres and uses a stimpack
/healWound - Gives XP in Camps/Medical Centres only - uses Stimpack???
Actually, I'm inclined to believe that you DO get XP for /tendwound. It's only /tenddamage which you don't get XP for.
The reason the Dev's stopped granting XP for /tendamage was because of the mini-exploit while using it in a cantina/hotel/theater/camp. The mini-exploit was that you would use /tenddamage on the entertainer (which gives you mind wounds) while the entertainer was in the process of healing your mind wounds from the last time you used /tenddamage. Pretty much, this was an endless cycle of easy/free XP for both players, and very easily macro'd.
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I crafted them myself, though, so maybe that made a difference? However, if I can no longer get XP for using my own stimpacks on others... well, that'd really really suck. There'd go combat healing.
I'm hoping it was just a glitch for tonight or something.
That said, /tendwound is still giving XP. I haven't tried /tenddamage in a while, so I'm not sure on that one.
Oriad Ackoto
Almost Master Medic
Ahazi
/tendwound - no medicine required, gives XP, drains mind a LOT
/tenddamaga - no medicines required, NO XP, drains mind a lot
/healdamage - stims required, gives 0.25 XP per pointhealed on OTHERS, uses less mind
/healwound - packs required, gives 2.5 XP per point healed on others, uses less mind
In case you don't know, when you /sit, your mindregenerates faster. Always sit when healing wounds.
If you are a newbie, most regulars in hospitalwill be willing to give you a one StimA or 2 to start and try out.
There was a bug at some time that was causing you to not getXP for healing damage on others. I know it did happen to me once.